Bike-sharing has become the hot new mode of transportation for startups. Today, Lyft announced a partnership with the Baltimore Bike Share program to support new transportation hubs for bikes, and designated pick-up and drop-off spots for Lyft.

This is a very interesting page about how the average American spends his/her day. It is also a great example how data visualisation makes certain complex datasets very comprehensive and understandable.

The Netherlands seems to be proving once again its serious commitment to finding sustainable energy solutions. A floating solar energy farm, the first of its kind in the world, is being developed in the country.

PayPal is currently EBay’s payments processor, meaning merchants selling on the marketplace have to have PayPal accounts to accept funds, and it will remain a checkout option for EBay shoppers at least until July 2023. But Adyen will gradually take over processing EBay payments, beginning in North America this year and will handle a majority of transactions in 2021.

Uber announced today that it will begin offering bike-share options for users in San Francisco, thanks to a partnership with a New York City-based e-bike company called Jump. The inclusion of bike-share in Uber’s app will certainly be seen as a boost to the nascent bike-share industry, which has been experimenting with electric and dockless options as it grows across the world.

Airbnb is rolling out a new feature called Pay Less Up Front. It helps you to pay your trip spread out. With the feature you don't have to pay your accomodation all at once so it's supposed to make people book faster

This essay by Paul Graham is a must read for any start-up founder or anyone who works at a startup. It motivated me to bootstrap my company and get to default alive mode within 2 months. it was one of the best decisions I made as a founder.